Spanish state rail bosses must testify over train crash
MADRID (Reuters) – A judge investigating Spain’s worst train accident in decades has ordered the current chairman of state rail company Adif and his two predecessors to testify to his inquiry, according to a court order published on Tuesday.
South African transport workers end walkout, strike threat wanes
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – Striking South African airline workers returned to work this week and promised to pursue wage talks in a further sign of waning union militancy amid job fears that have eased the strike threat to Africa’s biggest economy.
Homes, families and children are casualties in Syria: U.N.
GENEVA (Reuters) – A third of Syria’s housing stock and thousands of schools have been destroyed during the conflict, forcing some 4.25 million people to abandon their homes and 2 million children to drop out of class, U.N. data and statements said on …
Gulf Arabs say Russian plan will not stop Syrian bloodshed
RIYADH (Reuters) – Gulf Arab states said on Thursday that a Russian proposal to place Syria’s chemical weapons under international control with the aim of averting a U.S. strike would not end the bloodshed in Syria.
Libyan islamists urge PM to resign over corruption, security
TRIPOLI (Reuters) – The political arm of Libya’s Muslim Brotherhood called on Prime Minister Ali Zeidan to resign, accusing him of failing to tackle corruption or build a united national army in a country riven by tribal rivalries.
Mugabe appoints ZANU-PF lawyer as Zimbabwe finance minister
HARARE (Reuters) – Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe named Justice Minister and top ruling party legal official Patrick Chinamasa as his finance minister on Tuesday as he appointed his cabinet in the wake of a July 31 election victory dismissed by the o…
Guatemalan policeman denies role in prison murder in Austrian trial
VIENNA (Reuters) – A former police official in Guatemala pleaded not guilty to abetting the murder of seven prisoners as his trial opened on Tuesday in Austria, which has granted him political asylum.
Yemen sets up $1.2 billion fund for sacked state employees, soldiers
SANAA (Reuters) – Yemen has launched a $1.2 billion fund to give back tens of thousands of southern Yemenis jobs they lost after the 1994 civil war, a minister said on Tuesday, part of efforts to revive talks aimed at ending longstanding political divi…
Analysis: Puerto Rico’s population drops as economy wobbles
(Reuters) – For generations, Puerto Ricans have been migrating to the mainland United States in search of a better life. But the Caribbean island’s long recession has turned a steady flow into a torrent, stripping the territory of its young and educate…
Brazil´s Rousseff sees popularity recover after protests: poll
BRASILIA (Reuters) – President Dilma Rousseff’s approval rating rose almost 7 percentage points over the last month, as her popularity recovers from a battering by the massive street protests that shook Brazil in June, a poll published on Tuesday showe…
